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adgo82

Posted 11 August 2005 - 07:58 PM

adgo82

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I set my page file to the minimum of 2Mb and maximum of 4MB. I rebooted my PC and the page file was still there. I have 990MB of RAM installed on my computer. Why is XP re creating the page file?
Any suggestions?

darth_ash

Posted 11 August 2005 - 11:33 PM

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Because u did'nt Turn off paging completely. Make the size of pagefile smaller and and then manually deleting it, will not turn-off paging.Follow the steps below:Right Click on My Computer -> Select Properties from the menu.Select the Advanced Tab.Under Performance, click on Settings button.Select the Advanced Tab.Under Virtual Memory, click Change.

Now, for the partition(s) where the pagefile is present, choose the No page file option and click on Set button (very important).Click Ok. U might be prompted to reboot.

adgo82

Posted 13 August 2005 - 09:43 PM

GeneralAres

Posted 13 August 2005 - 09:49 PM

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Windows will not let you because it is a required feature. There is no reason to make it smaller, unless you want to reduce performance. Its proper size needs to be 1.5x the amount of system RAM you have. Even with large amounts of System RAM, windows will still use the page file, this is by design.

Johanna

Posted 13 August 2005 - 11:03 PM

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Not only will Windows look for it, but lots of popular software will, too. Set it at 1.5X the physical memory you have installed, and forget it. Leave it on the C drive. XP works differently than previous versions of Windows, and that might account for the confusion.